- New poll by Rating Group shows five parties leading the race for parliament: President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party (42.3%), Russia-friendly Opposition Platform – For Life (13.4%), Petro Poroshenko’s European Solidarity (8.3%), rock star Svyatoslav Vakarchuk’s Voice (7.2%) and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna (7.2%)
- Western sanctions have been imposed on Russia for military invasion and occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014. But how effective are they?
- The Central Election Commission canceled the registration of two controversial candidates for parliament: Yanukovych’s ex-official Andriy Klyuyev and scandalous political blogger Anatoliy Shariy
- Ukrainian prosecutors drafted charges against an ex-judge of the Constitutional Court who allegedly helped fugitive president Yanukovych to usurp power back in 2010
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukrainian President Zelensky should hold direct talks with Russia-backed armed forces in the Donbas and stop calling them ‘separatists.’
- Another day, another protest in Kyiv. This time activists protest against the potential cancelation of the 2014 lustration law on the firing of top officials who served ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.
- Ukraine’s feed-in tariff for renewable energy producers was the most generous in Europe. But the new law is set to replace it with auctions.
- Ukraine’s historical architecture is in danger. Here’s what the authorities could do to preserve it
- Having a long or overnight layover at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport? The airport opens its new capsule hotel with free wi-fi and shower
- Kyiv Post editor Jack Laurenson: Ukraine’s Friend and Foe of the week
- Kyiv Post staff writer Oleg Sukhov: Reformer and Anti-Reformer of the week
- Kyiv Post lifestyle reporter Artur Korniienko: Leopolis Jazz Festival is one of the best live music events in Ukraine but the organizers can do better
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